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Nearly the entire Houston team took a knee during the national anthem on Sunday in Seattle, a direct shot at Bob McNair after a tumultuous few days that have seen owner and players turned against each other.

The Texans had debated how best to protest their owner’s comments from this month, revealed this week in an ESPN story, that, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.” McNair, during the players-owners meeting, was trying to implore his fellow owners that they should not allow the players to protest the anthem, in the process risking some owner money and fan popularity.

In the end, after reported conversations that included ripping off the Texans logo from their helmet, the Houston players — nearly all of them — took a knee during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The stance Colin Kaepernick began to protest racial discrimination in the United States has added another level.